Matteo lombardi is a Digital Archaeologist with a PhD in Environmental Sustainability and Well-Being, gained at the University of Ferrara (Italy), with a thesis titled “Rethink, Reshape, Reinstate: 3D Semantic Modelling and Community Archaeology on the via Appia”. The research focused on fostering 3D semantic modelling to forge a connection between the past and the present, between communities and archaeology, between landscape and well-being. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Heritage Science (ISPC) of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) of Potenza. His research interests involve 3D modelling and 3D recording, semantic modelling and 3D printing, with a particular focus on 3D data sharing, community involvement and analysis, and transparency in virtual reconstructions.